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Quick Info

Rating

6.6/10

Release1981

Runtime1h 56m

StatusReleased

Budget$5,000,000

Revenue$42,365,581

Production

Handmade Films

Movie

Time Bandits

1981

1h 56m

6.6

Family

Fantasy

Science Fiction

Adventure

Comedy

Synopsis

Young history buff Kevin can scarcely believe it when six dwarfs emerge from his closet one night. Former employees of the Supreme Being, they've purloined a map charting all of the holes in the fabric of time and are using it to steal treasures from different historical eras. Taking Kevin with them, they variously drop in on Napoleon, Robin Hood and King Agamemnon before the Supreme Being catches up with them.

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